Breeze won two Commonwealth Games golds in Manchester in 2002 and Melbourne four years later before retiring in 2010 after claiming silver in Delhi where she captained Team Wales.

But after setting up a gym in Aberdare, Breeze decided to come out of retirement and compete in Glasgow.

And she was rewarded with a bronze medal behind England winner Zoe Smith and Nigerian Winifred Ndidi.

There were all sorts of mind games going on in the snatch section where the Commonwealth Games record was broken three times and where Breeze left at the halfway stage,

Smith and Breeze were playing a poker game and changing their weight attempts. But the upshot was that Breeze held the lead at the halfway stage with a leading lift of 93 kg after breaking the Games record twice.

Smith was second in 92kg while Nigerian Ndidi recorded 90kg, although her final attempt at 95kg was controversially ruled a no-lift by the judges.

Breeze opened up with 108kg and followed this up with 109kg although she was upset she had run out of time to change weight.

Breeze failed in her last attempt at 113kg which meant she could not win gold.

The Welsh woman was knocked down to third by Ndidi but hung onto bronze. Smith set a new Commonwealth Games record to triumph.

“I am never doing this again and I mean it this time,” she said. “I know people question that after what I said four years ago but that is it this time. I have given it my best and I have no regrets or excuses.

“It has been a while since I have been on that kind of stage and I am still shaking now.

“I have gone out on a high. I managed to set a new Commonwealth Games snatch record and it will give Zoe something to chase next time around.

“I enjoyed it but am just glad it’s over.

“It has been one heck of a comeback and I never thought I would be back at this level.

“My main motivation last year to start lifting again was to try and push my athletes so they could qualify themselves.

“They managed to do that and Christie Williams competed here in the B group so I am a very proud coach.

“I never thought I would be back here competing and I have only been back since November last year.

“I have to thank my support staff and people at the gym because they have been through thick and thin with me and have been absolute rocks.

“There were times where I thought I can’t do this again. I am 35 now and Zoe was not even born when I started.”

Breeze congratulated Smith on her gold medal winning display.

“I am going to take a bit of credit for Zoe’s gold medal,” said Breeze.

“I would have liked to think I have pushed her and she has stepped up due to my comeback.

“It has been a bit of a battle behind the scenes because we had not really communicated until we had come here.

“If it was not me going to win I am so glad it was her and not the Nigerian.”

Breeze admitted the error in the clean and jerk should have been avoided but believes it had no bearing on the overall result.

“We made a mistake,” she said

“We did not change the weight in time because you have to do that before the clock gets to 30 seconds.

“I had to just take one kilo up and that was not the plan. I was planning on taking three or four kilo. I still had a go at it and did not manage it.”

Breeze’s pupil Christie Williams finished fourth in the B group as she enjoyed her first taste of major international action.

“Christie has come here for experience and there was never going to be any rivalry between us,” added Breeze,

“She has qualified in less than 18 months and represented Wales and we have had two people from Breezes Gym at the Commonwealth Games.”

North Walian Steph Owens also finished fourth in the B group in the 63kg section.